Tag: Jeff Bezos
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ULA chief says Blue Origin in driver’s seat for Vulcan engine deal
The first fully-assembled BE-4 engine. Credit: Blue Origin A full-scale BE-4 engine developed by Blue Origin, the space company founded by Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos, is installed on a test stand in West Texas for a series of hotfire tests that United Launch Alliance will closely examine before settling on the reusable methane-fueled engine for its…
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Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos: ‘The only thing that’s disruptive is customer adoption’
Jeff Bezos discusses Blue Origin New Shepard booster rocket & crew capsule at the Space Symposium. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Amazon often gets the blame — or credit, depending on your perspective — for upending traditional industries, particularly in the brick-and-mortar retail sector. Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder and CEO, offered his view on this issue when answering…
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Blue Origin’s staying power bankrolled by Jeff Bezos’s multibillion-dollar investment
Jeff Bezos speaks at the 33rd Space Symposium on April 5. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos, now the second-richest person in the world, is funding his space company’s lofty ambitions $1 billion per year, driving Blue Origin closer to taking paying passengers to the edge of space and fielding a reusable satellite launcher…
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How Jeff Bezos is using Amazon’s success to fuel Blue Origin’s space effort, a billion dollars at a time
Blue Origin’s billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos, peers out the window of a New Shepard crew capsule mock-up. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos has long said that he’s using his personal fortune to fund his Blue Origin space venture, and today he hinted at just how many billions…
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Blue Origin space venture slips in a sneak peek at design of Blue Moon lunar lander
Blue Origin President Rob Meyerson shows off a concept for the company’s Blue Moon lunar lander during a session at the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo. Other members of the panel include Jonathan Arenberg, chief systems engineer for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope; former astronaut John Grunsfeld; and Mary Lynne Dittmar, executive director of…
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Video: Watch Jeff Bezos lounge in a spaceship and take questions about Blue Origin’s future
Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos. (Facebook screen grab) Jeff Bezos showed off a mocked-up version of a crew capsule that he says fits into a space-flight dream that he has lived with since he was a little kid. The billionaire Amazon CEO and founder of Blue Origin spoke at the 33rd Space Symposium in…
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Space geeks get up-close look at Blue Origin’s rocket ship (and try out the seats)
A crane hoists Blue Origin’s space-flown New Shepard booster into position at the Space Symposium in Colorado. (Ariane Cornell Photo via Twitter) Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship is continuing its farewell tour this week with a stopover at the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo., and there’s even a mockup of the crew capsule…
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Another feather in Jeff Bezos’ space helmet: Blue Origin wins Collier Trophy
Blue Origin’s New Shepard booster stands on its West Texas landing pad after a successful touchdown. (Blue Origin Photo) Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos keeps racking up the awards for his Blue Origin space venture: He just found out that Blue Origin is winning the prestigious Robert J. Collier Trophy for its New Shepard suborbital spaceship. The 2016…
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Jeff Bezos provides a sneak peek at Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship (and suits)
In this artistic view, a passenger takes a look at the interior of Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship. (Blue Origin Illustration via Jeff Bezos) While Blue Origin’s scorch-scarred New Shepard spaceship continues its nationwide tour, billionaire founder Jeff Bezos is giving fans an updated look at what they could be riding (and wearing) when…
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Video provides another look at Amazon delivery drone (and Blue Origin spaceship)
We already knew that Amazon provided a rare public demonstration of its delivery drone dropping off some sunscreen at this week’s MARS 2017 conference in Palm Springs, Calif. We also knew that Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital rocket ship, which went to space and back five times, was on display at the invitation-only event, organized by Amazon…